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21-09-2018 05:09 PM
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Re: The Good Ole Days :-)
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21-09-2018 05:11 PM
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We were not rich - we really struggled. My Dad ran his own business and there were times when there was no money coming in - I think my pop helped out quite a bit in those times. He had a good job as a manager in a large company then he drove horses - so he saw both sides of the coin in regards to work too @TAB He was a saver though and many of our sporting trips were paid for by him out of his savings.
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21-09-2018 05:28 PM
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21-09-2018 05:40 PM
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That is quite okay @TAB - there is still such a great divide between people in our society and I am sorry to hear you are on the harder side of that. My parents have lost a lot in super over the years as well - they have gained a little back over the last few years but my mum is way past retirement age and she couldn't retire because there was not enough in her super. I think she is thinking about it more now though. The other problem is what she does with herself if she is not working - and spending more time with my dad is definitely not an option lol
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21-09-2018 05:56 PM
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21-09-2018 06:03 PM
21-09-2018 06:03 PM
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No need to be sorry for posting @TAB - it has been nice chatting with you nd it is more than okay that you describe your relationship with your father - they can indeed be tricky relationships when you have been in the position you have been. Although I know how tough a relationship can be with a father that drinks and gambles I am also lucky that my dad stopped all that. He is a much better person than he was when I was young. I know my parents still have their disagreements but they do have similar interests - especially when it comes to their horses.
Families are complicated at the best of times and I am sorry that you have had such a distant relationship with yours but it seems that you were better off without your father in your life!
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21-09-2018 06:13 PM
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21-09-2018 06:19 PM
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It certainly seems like you are better away from him @TAB It would have been so hard to see your mother suffer under his control and I can imagine it was extremely difficult for you to live with all that he did to the whole family. But you are out of all that now and that is a good thing. It doesn't make the memories of what he was like any easier though
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21-09-2018 06:21 PM
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21-09-2018 06:24 PM
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